CVE-1999-1432

CVSS 2.0 Score 7.5 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Jul 16, 1998
Updated: Oct 30, 2018

Summary

CVE-1999-1432 is a vulnerability affecting Solaris 2.4 to 2.6 power management systems. During the system restoration process, the xlock process is not initiated until after the suspending state has been completed. This creates a brief window of opportunity for an attacker with physical access to input characters to the last active application, potentially granting them increased privileges.

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Affected Products

  • Sun Solaris
  • SunOS

Affected Vendors

  • Oracle Corp
  • Sun.